Technology Distilled

Episode 013 - Under the Sky By The Lake


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Episode Summary

0:00 - Intro

2:20 - Drinking Game – Our new regular feature encourages our listeners to have a drink whenever we say our keyword of the week.  This week’s keyword is “Windows”!

3:00 - CORRECTION – When we reviewed the Clean Stylus from Cleanint David complained because it was black.  It turns out it is available in 7 lovely colours!  We also were wrong about the price.  It is only $19.95 which makes it a steal!

Order any product from CleanInt and receive a 20% discount by using the promo code “SurfaceNation” until September 30th, 2015.

NEWS AND RUMORS

4:00 - It appears Microsoft will hold one event, possibly in NYC, to launch the Phone, Surface Pro 4 and Band 2.

Windows Phone rumors about support for Hello and new Consumer and Enterprise versions continue to circulate.

Surface Pro 4 rumors now include a 14” version and a Hello camera.

The final rumor is that the Surface Smiths will attend the event if we can get invites.

11:00 - Surface Smiths will be presenting at the Ottawa PC Users Group on Septembert 9th. 

11:46 - New Build of Windows 10 – For those of us Windows Insiders tired of running release software Build 10525 has been released.

15:00 - Windows 10 on a Netbook – This week David talks about his experience installing Windows 10 on an XP era Atom Netbook.  It does work – but would you want to use it?  Check out his blog for more details.

19:00 - Contest – Twitter based contest for accessories has limitations as Colin and David are having trouble tracking re-tweets.  Please follow us @SurfaceSmiths and re-tweet us!

20:00 -  Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…

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20:30 - Whiskey of the Week Boyan’s Natural Root Beer.  We have guest reviewers this week Andrew, Oliver and Elliot.

 

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